<p>How are the science classes compared to Duke or Rice?</p>
<p>How could anyone know the answer to this unless they had taken the same classes at Stanford, Duke, and Rice?</p>
<p>It depends what you take.</p>
<p>If you do the physics 60 series, it's very difficult. Doing the 40 series, or even the 20, and they're significantly easier. </p>
<p>Same goes for chem. You could take 31X or 31A and B (two quarters compared to one)--X moves at a much faster pace. </p>
<p>The bio core is legendary for being intensely competitive and difficult.</p>
<p>If you want to do the bio core, but must take physics (and would place into physics 45, I think) which physics series should you take?</p>
<p>Is the human biology major different from bio core? Waht science courses do most freshman take to be able to take MCAT in the junior year? Thanks</p>
<p>Most MCAT types will complete the bio core, the chem sequence (31X or A/B, 33, 35) and the physics 40 series.</p>
<p>Organic Chemistry is the traditional killer, weed out the pre-meds course at many schools.</p>
<p>How can there be weeder classes when you can drop the class as late as finals week? I thought the point of weeders was to flunk people out of certain majors, but anyone who thinks they have a serious chance of flunking can just drop the class the last week of school.</p>
<p>But you have to take organic chemistry and probably do relatively well to get into med school. It isn't necessarily a weeder in the sense that you fail the course, but a C- isn't going to help your med school application. All the pre-meds know this, so it is the class that is most difficult and competitive for that relatively large group of students. It also is a weeder in the sense that it is the last straw that turns a lot of pre-meds into something else.</p>
<p>Can you elaborate about the dropping of classes-is it really a week before finals. Do you get a W on your transcript?</p>